Characterization of Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. Citri LexA: Recognition of the LexA binding site

Molecular Genetics and Genomics

Volumn 268, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 477-487

  Yang, M K ^a   Yang, Y C ^a   Hsu, C H ^a  

^a FU JEN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Electrophoretic Mobility Shift Assay (EMSA); LexA repressor; SOS box; Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. citri

Indexed keywords

DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; LEXA PROTEIN; PALINDROMIC DNA; PROTEIN; SPACER DNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FOOTPRINTING; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; START CODON; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; TRANSLATION INITIATION; XANTHOMONAS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BINDING SITES; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; DNA FOOTPRINTING; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, REPORTER; MITOMYCIN; MUTATION; PLASMIDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN BINDING; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; SEQUENCE DELETION; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; SOS RESPONSE (GENETICS); XANTHOMONAS;

NEGIBACTERIA; XANTHOMONAS; XANTHOMONAS AXONOPODIS; XANTHOMONAS AXONOPODIS PV. CITRI;

EID: 0036454122     PISSN: 16174615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00438-002-0754-6     Document Type: Article

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